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Admission date2017-12-14
Final date2018-02-05
Days in captivity53
SpeciesSNOW - Snowy owl
AgeSY
SexM
StatusT
Band
Emaciation

Cause of injury: Unknown

Easily stressed

Found in Greensboro,NC
Guilford county
Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate5315.40816.20
Complete blood count360.00180.00
Packed cell volume325.0075.00
Blood lead1180.00180.00
Total  1371.20

Costs are estimates based on fees charged at a local avian specialist.
Radiographs and images

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2017-12-28
2018-02-06 11:45 des

Release successful.
Banded by VT Fish and Wildlife Biologist

Release record
Date2018-02-06
Band/tag number0608-40768
Band size8
Released byLauren Allen
Location
Addison, Addison county, VT

2018-02-05 07:28 des/me
Weight: 1758 grams, Keel score: 3.5
BAR. Perched. Flying well. Still has not eaten.
Very good keel score with keel fat.

Placed wrist bumpers and tail wrap.
LRS 60 ml SQ
FF ~90 g m
Voric 1/2 tab PO with FF.

Leaving via private plane for Vermont for banding and release either tonight or tomorrow.Lauren to accompany him for flight and release.

Transfer record
Date2018-02-05
ToVermont Institute of Natural Sciences

2018-02-04 14:20 aj/rew

434g whole squirrel + 1cc terbinafine; 590g LO(R) - 2 R chunks + white mice

2018-02-03 15:04 me

added 110 g white mice, on brick in center of cage
2 rats parts LO - left
bird flew 10 x cage length without encouragement

2018-02-03 11:40 ah/rep
Leftovers: 722
Food: 460 g DARK rat divided into two portions and placed on either end of cage
Terbinafine: 1.00 cc (25 mg/ml susp)

picked up SQ/Q/CK/R leftovers from several days totalling 722g LO (R)

bird flew 10 x cagelength

2018-02-02 13:43 me/des
Weight: 1775 grams
BAR. Flying readily. Feathers perfect. No interest in food for about 7 days.
Grabbed for CBC
LRS 60 ml SQ
FF all 3 dark mice left previously.

Bloodwork looks good. Total count maybe a little low. No indication of Aspergillosis. Definitely concerned about lack of appetite.

Plan: continue with flight to Vermont and release Monday.

PCV/TP
Collection date2018-02-02 00:00:00
PCV50 %
TS3.0 g\dl
Serumclear
CBC
Collection date2018-02-02
WBC count6000
Corrected count6666
Hets/Neut64% - 4266
  Bands0+
  Toxics0+
Lymphs28% - 1866
Eos0% - 0
Mono8% - 533
Baso0% - 0
Thrombocytes
PI2
HemoproteusNEG
LeukocytozoonNEG
PlasmodiumNEG
Read bydes
Normal morphology

2018-02-02 13:21 me

All LO - left
Added 3 dark mice to feeding brick

2018-02-02 12:31 me

All LO - moved the quail and the rat part to medium perches, squirrel and chicks still on food bricks
bird flew 6x without encouragement while I was in the cage

2018-02-02 10:15 me

Food: 154g Quail, 178 g Ck and 173 g Rat added
Flew 20 x cage length with no problem
1 squirrel part LO - left

Trying different foods today since he has not eaten consistently

2018-02-01 16:30 sws
Leftovers: 217
203 g SQ

2018-02-01 13:38 des/me
Weight: 1818 grams, Keel score: 3.5
BAR. Flying well and perfectly silent. Has not eaten much in last week.
Weight is down but not as much as we had thought.
Keel score still good with some keel fat.

Food in cage: 217 g whole white rat.

Will add squirrel tonight.

2018-02-01 09:49 me

flew 16 x cage length with no problem
having lots of LO's !?

2018-01-31 16:30 hmo
Leftovers: 87
252 g dk R + 1 cc terbinafine + vit + ca

2018-01-30 16:30 dr
Leftovers: 251
233 g R + 1.0 cc terbinafine

2018-01-29 16:30 BG
Leftovers: 251
255g Rat, Vit+Ca+ 1 cc Terb.

2018-01-28 16:00 aj/smv

243g R + 1cc terbinafine; 175 g LO

2018-01-27 17:00 lmv/lrm

242g R + 1cc terbinafine; 250g ck LO(R); flew down to new food immediately.

2018-01-26 16:45 meg,kgm,rew

253g dark ck, 206g LO (R)

2018-01-25 16:00 sws
Leftovers: 258
222 g dark R

2018-01-25 13:53 ces/me
Weight: 1908 grams, Keel score: 3.5
Flew 5 x cage length, quiet
Wrists good

Biometric
Report date2018-01-25
Wing chord396 mm

2018-01-24 16:30 var/hmo
Leftovers: 233
Didnt eat rat from last night. A chunk of older quail found in cage too.

235 g dark R + vit + ca

2018-01-23 16:30 svg/dr

232 g R, nolo

2018-01-23 14:58 me

flew 19 x cage length with no problem

2018-01-22 16:30 BG

249g Rat, Vit + Ca + 1 cc Terb. - NOLO

2018-01-22 14:30 me

flew 16 x cage length with no hesitation; quiet, gliding

2018-01-21 16:35 aj/smv

243 g R + 1 cc terbin, nolo

2018-01-20 16:30 lmv/rew

228g brown R + 1cc terbinafine; NOLO; Didn't go for food immediately.

2018-01-19 16:30 meg/kvn

224g dark R + 1cc terbinifine; 256 g white R LO(R)

2018-01-18 12:00 des

NOLO. 258 g white rat

2018-01-17 12:00 rew/des

229g dark R/Q +vit/ca + 1cc Terbinfine ; NOLO

2018-01-16 16:45 dr
Leftovers: 251
248 g R, accidentally got Q last night

2018-01-16 09:18 me

flew 15 x cage length with no problem

2018-01-15 16:30 BG

256g SQ, Vit + Ca + 1 cc Terb - NOLO

2018-01-15 12:31 me

flew 15x cage length with no problem, very quiet

2018-01-14 13:39 rew/lea

Added another live mouse since we had a spare from elsewhere.

2018-01-14 11:15 jlw

Food: Added 1 live dark mouse.

2018-01-13 16:00 rma/lmv

267g white m LO(R) - did not appreciate the white food!

Grabbed new food immediately and took it up to perch.

Food: 251g R
Terbinafine: 1.00 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-01-12 17:00 meg/kvn

NOLO, flying back and forth. Did not go to perch immediately.

Food: 232g WHITE R
Terbinafine: 1.00 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-01-11 16:00 hmo/var
Leftovers: 144
Food: 246 g sq
Terbinafine: 1.00 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-01-10 16:15 hmo/var

243 g dark R + 1 cc terbin + vit + ca, NOLO

2018-01-09 16:10 sg/dr

225 g dark R, nolo + 2 live mice

2018-01-08 16:30 BG

260g Dk Rat, Vit+Ca. + 1cc Terbinafine NOLO

2018-01-07 16:45 aj/smv

243 g Sq/R, nolo

2018-01-06 16:00 rma/lmv

NOLO

Food: 275g squirrel
Terbinafine: 1.00 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-01-05 16:30 kgm

262 g dk R +vit +ca, NOLO

2018-01-04 17:10 SWS

275g SQ

NOLO

2018-01-03 16:00 hmo

300 g dk R+ vit +ca, NOLO

2018-01-02 17:20 dr

270 g R, nolo

2018-01-01 17:02 lea/mar
Leftovers: 57
Food: 273 g DARK rat or SQ (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 1.00 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-01-01 16:05 me

exercised 16x

Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-01-01
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 16 x cage length with no signs of tiring, no encouragement needed, gliding last 20-30' almost every time, landing well; perfectly quiet

2018-01-01 15:30 bg

273 g rat + vit +ca, NOLO

2017-12-31 13:30 pce

242 g dk R, nolo

2017-12-30 16:15 rma/lmv

300g dark R + 1cc terbinifine ; 36g LO(r) - was buried in leaf litter. Two HUGE pellets
found

2017-12-29 16:30 meg/kvn/kgm

268 g SQ, NOLO

2017-12-28 16:30 lea/ml

130 g Dk R, nolo

2017-12-28 12:37 des

Bird is doing well and bloodwork looks great.

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to SID. Start planning release. Bird is exercising very well without being forced.

CBC
Collection date2017-12-28
WBC count16000
Corrected count17777
Hets/Neut66% - 11732
  Bands0+
  Toxics0+
Lymphs31% - 5510
Eos1% - 177
Mono2% - 355
Baso0% - 0
Thrombocytes
PI2
HemoproteusNEG
LeukocytozoonNEG
PlasmodiumNEG
Read bydes
Normal morphology

2017-12-28 11:00 des/me
Weight: 1660 grams
BAR. Effortless flight. Completely silent.
Removed several very large pellets.
Grabbed for recheck weight and CBC - pending.
Feathers, feet, wrists perfect.

Food: 130 g DARK rat
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

PCV/TP
Collection date2017-12-28 00:00:00
PCV50 %
TS4.3 g\dl
Serumclear

2017-12-27 16:30 lea/jtb

Food: 129 g DARK rat (+ vit + Ca), nolo
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-27 09:20 cfs

NOLO
Flying well and readily
Food: 133 g SQ
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-26 16:30 lea/dr

Food: 130 g SQ
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-26 09:00 me/nen

Food: 126 g SQ)
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
NOLO
flew cage length ~ 6 x without any encouragement, with food in talons

2017-12-25 14:20 pce

NOLO
Food: 126 g DARK rat
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-25 08:30 mkf

NOLO
Food: 130 g DARK rat (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-24 15:12 rma/rew

24g LO(R) - in leaves.

Flew down and grabbed new food immediately.

Food: 121g dark R
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-24 09:30 lea/ah

Food: 127 g DARK rat, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-23 17:00 lmv/rma

NOLO, went for food immediately.

Food: 131g R
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-23 09:40 me/ah/rep

NOLO

Food: 126 g DARK rat
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-22 16:15 kgm/rew

BAR, NOLO. Flying back and forth, swooped down and got food immediately.

Food: 130 g DARK rat
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-22 09:00 jtb

Food: 93 g DARK rat (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
swooped down to grab food


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
increase food

2017-12-21 16:00 lea/ml

Food: 90 g DARK rat , nolo
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2017-12-21 09:30 fs

Food: 95 g DARK rat
Terbinafine: 0.79 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

Plan: weight, rads and recheck blood next week

2017-12-21 07:46 des


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch from voric to terbinafine

2017-12-20 15:50 var/hmo

NOLO, flew down and swooped low over new food immediately.

Food: 101g dark rat
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO

2017-12-20 09:00 lrm/cfs

NOLO

Food: 79g squirrel
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increase food.

2017-12-19 16:45 lea/dr

Food: 74 g SQ (+ vit + Ca) nolo
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO

2017-12-19 09:30 rh

NOLO

Food: 74g dark Rat
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO

Perched, flew 5x from perch to perch, quiet, glided well.

2017-12-18 16:30 lea/mar

Food: 78 g SQ (+ vit + Ca) NOLO
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO

2017-12-18 09:00 sat

Food: 73 g SQ (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO
NOLO

2017-12-17 16:00 lea/aj/smv

Food: 72 g DARK rat (+ vit + Ca), NOLO
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO

2017-12-17 09:23 rew/laf/joea
Weight: 1324 grams, Keel score: 2.5
BAR, perched, mutes ++ but nothing super fresh, so couldn't get a fecal yet. Grabbed for feet check and move. (Note: Joe A entered for photographs of health check/move after bird's head was covered.)

Feet look great - definitely food blood, not an injury. Blood on feathers seems reduced from yesterday, so he's probably cleaning them, too. Gave voriconazole PO since he missed his last meal and was getting moved.

Moved to F4. Gently tossed up, and he flew up to the high perch immediately.

46g LO(R)

Food: 70g squirrel
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO
Vet check: Check fuzzy toes.
Radiograph: only if not flying well. - SKIPPED due to good flight.
Weigh
Keel check
Fecal
Feather check
Move to F4


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to BID to reduce contact with humans.

Feather check
Right
Left
0987654321
Tail
1234567890
 654321123456 
 
  Ok  Fault bar  Dystrophic
  Old  Curled  Broken, not impable
  Extra  Tipped  Missing
  IB, mature  Soiled  Mutilated
  IB  Bent  Unknown
  Imped  Broken, impable   
  Frayed  Singed   
     Stripped   

2017-12-16 17:40 rew/rma

NOLO

Bird was initally standing right at the door on the ground. He seems to have been digging or messing around in the dirt. When he went up on the perch, RMA noted that his feet looked a bit bloody.

REW and RMA went out to recheck. Bearing weight normally, allowed REW to lift each foot without grabbing. Very dark outside and hard to see. Talons #2&3 on each foot intact; he's holding the other two in a xygodactyl position and we can't see #1/4. I suspect the blood is food blood; not concerning enough to grab tonight. We'll grab him tomorrow as planned and check them when he's grabbed for everything else.

No damage to cage seen.

Bird quite BAR but not jumpy this evening as he was earlier--he allowed REW to touch his feet without grabbing. We still plan on moving him to a big flight cage.

Food: 50g SQ on back perch
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO

2017-12-16 13:52 rew

NOLO, was on the ground by the door initially, then flew up to the perch as I approached the cage.

He's getting much more jumpy than even yesterday.

Food in cage: 50g squirrel

Discussed with DES: Will move into F4 tomorrow.

2017-12-16 08:40 me


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
increase food

Food: 51 g DARK rat Watch food intake carefully
Voriconazole: 1/2 tab (50 mg tab) PO
NOLO
bird on ground, flew to perch
BAR

2017-12-15 17:30 meg/rew

QAR, perched. Jumped straight up and hit his head on the ceiling when approached to put food on perch, then stood on the ground and watched.

29g LO(R)

Food: 38g dark R on perch
Voriconazole: 3/8 tab (50 mg tab) PO

2017-12-15 15:57 rew

2017-12-15 13:17 rew

NOLO!!

BAR, perched, quite calm but definitely BAR. Would let me approach, but I didn't get too close. Slightly hissy. Took pictures while feeding; pictures pending, will be added soon!

Food: 30g whole dark m on back perch

2017-12-15 10:48 me/des

BAR. On ground.
Added 51 g dark rat

2017-12-15 08:05 me/des
Weight: 1289 grams, Keel score: 2.0
BAR. Perched. 9 g LO(R).
Keel score almost a 2.5.
Feathers are perfect.
Mucus membranes are pink
Quick palpation of long bones WNL and bird was reported to fly
short distances before capture so not worried about a fracture.
Bird is in very good condition.

Pulled blood for CBC/lead - bloodwork looks quite good.
Washed tail feathers.

FF: 20 g FL (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 45 cc
Voriconazole: 3/8 tab (50 mg tab) PO

MOVED TO: R21

Plan: Get rads ASAP. Begin ramping up food quickly. I think we will keep him on voric for 7 days then switch down to terbinafine.

PCV/TP
Collection date2017-12-15 00:00:00
PCV44 %
TS2.7 g\dl
Serumstraw
Blood lead
Collection date2017-12-15
Level0.00 ug/dL
CBC
Collection date2017-12-15
WBC count16400
Corrected count16035
Hets/Neut86% - 13790
  Bands0+
  Toxics0+
Lymphs7% - 1122
Eos0% - 0
Mono7% - 1122
Baso0% - 0
Thrombocytes
PI1
HemoproteusNEG
LeukocytozoonNEG
PlasmodiumNEG
Read bydes
Normal morphology. Inverted H:L ratio
Eye exam
Exam date - 2017-12-15
Examiner - me/des
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+NEG++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
PC WNL
Left eye:
PC WNL

2017-12-14 19:06 lea
Weight: 1255 grams, Keel score: 2.0
Picked up by a USFWS officer from an airport where the bird was found by a pilot on a runway. Bird was seen flying and had to be contained via trap.

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: clean
Ears: clean
Body
Vent: clean
Body condition score: 2
Wings
Left wing: WNL
Right wing: WNL
Legs
Left leg: Seemed a bit stiff, still had full ROM.
Right leg: WNL
Feathers: in perfect condition
Ectoparasites: feather lice!!


Very BAR but emaciated. Brief exam. No fractures palpated, feather lice everywhere.

45 cc LRS SQ + vit b
0.12 cc Iron dex IM
3/8 tab voriconazole
Bronco'd and placed in kennel in ISO with 18 g FL. Perched.

Eye exam
Exam date - 2017-12-14
Examiner - lea
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
Areas of blotchiness, mostly WNL.

2017-12-14 18:39 lea
Weight: 1255 grams

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